when trying to install veracrypt: " root:could not open file '/etc/apt/sources.list' "

[Patrick]

veracrypt-1.23-setup-console-x64

WARNING:root:could not open file ‘/etc/apt/sources.list’

Not real issue. See below.

veracrypt-1.23-setup-console-x64: command not found

Real issue.
Most likely there is no such binary

veracrypt-1.23-setup-console-x64

in your $PATH

Maybe you meant

./veracrypt-1.23-setup-console-x64

?

Meaning whatever instructions you followed are either not followed correctly to the dot or wrong.

@bcdg

WARNING:root:could not open file ‘/etc/apt/sources.list’

This output comes from a a program named command-not-found which has an issue which is described here:

command-not-found - WARNING:root:could not open file '/etc/apt/sources.list'

command-not-found works [1], however is showing that warning. WARNING:root:could not open file ‘/etc/apt/sources.list’ Whonix does not ship /etc/apt/sources.list but only files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ drop-in folder. ( GitHub - Kicksecure/anon-apt-sources-list: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list for Security-Focused Linux Distributions ) That is because file /etc/apt/sources.list managed by a package could conflict with local users, causing interactive dpkg config resolution dialog. C…

It has nothing to do with your issue. Your issue is that the path to veracrypt-1.23-setup-console-x64 is wrong.

---

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=814352

---

Maybe,

• Debian -- Details of package zulumount-gui in buster or,
• Debian -- Details of package zulucrypt-gui in buster

would help to interact with veracrypt?